If anyone asks me what general systems thinking is about, I will from henceforth point them to any Jessica Hagy index card that has an X/Y chart with an -OR- in the caption.
Or I may just point everyone to it anyway. This stuff is absolutely wonderful.
and also
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/indexed/
Note that I spared you the by-now obligatory reminder to register for the CAST Conference. Oh, damn!–no I didn’t.
You can find an extensive list of presentations and courses that I've taught, including the slides and speaker notes for many of them, here.
Highlights from my schedule appear below. If you notice that I'm in your part of the world, drop me a line if you'd like to get together. If you'd like to engage my services and worry that I'm not available, please note that my clients' schedules are subject to change, so mine is too. Please drop me a line in any case.
May 21-23, 2012
Utrecht, The Netherlands
A public session of the Rapid Software Testing class in the Netherlands, presented through Immune-IT. Register here.
May 24-25, 2012
Utrecht, The Netherlands
A public class of Rapid Software Testing for Managers, also presented through Immune-IT. Register here.
June 12-14, 2012
Cary, NC
Private training and consulting in Rapid Software Testing for a corporate client.
June 25-29, 2012
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Private training and consulting in Rapid Software Testing for a corporate client.
July 10-12, 2012
Cary, NC
Private training and consulting in Rapid Software Testing for a corporate client.
July 16-18, 2012
San José, California, USA
Presenting "Critical Thinking for Testers" at the CAST 2012 conference.
August 21-30, 2012
Beijing, China
Training and consulting in exploratory testing for a corporate client.
September 10-12, 2012
London, UK
A public class of Rapid Software Testing, organized by ElectroMind.
September 24-28, 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
A public class of Rapid Software Testing, organized by PrettyGoodTesting.
September 24-28, 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
A public class of Rapid Software Testing, organized by PrettyGoodTesting.
October 1-4, 2012
Anaheim, California
The STAR West Testing conference.
October 9-11, 2012
Toronto, Ontario
A public offering of Rapid Software Testing, organized by the Toronto Association of System and Software Quality.
November 5-8, 2012
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A tutorial and track session at EuroSTAR 2012.
December 3-7, 2012
Oslo, Norway
A public offering of Rapid Software Testing.
To which I follow up with From Pirate Dwarves to Ninja Elves.
-adam
Michael,
Thanks for the link. I’ve been trawling through this site for the last hour and it has made me laugh and think in equal measure. It’s an incredibly simple and powerful way to communicate ideas.
Jessica’s cards are very generic. I wonder if you or perhaps any of your readers could come up with some index cards specific to Testing or Software development? I’ll start the ball rolling, shall I?
http://www.flickr.com/gp/7917495@N07/6r2d86
So I may not have achieved Jessica’s zen-like mastery of the technique, but you get the idea.
I imagine some of your readers could come up with some interesting cards…?
- Mark